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Linau Castle Ruins

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Location: Linau, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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1. Cycle Path Near Trittau – Gut Basthorst loop from Basthorst

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2. Descent Towards Hamfelde – Trittau Watermill loop from Trittau

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3. View of the Outer Alster – View of the Outer Alster Lake loop from Stadthausbrücke

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JR56

September 23, 2020

Linau Castle was a three-part medieval castle. On the middle hill, the main castle, there are the remains of a round tower with 3m thick walls.
A castle "Linowe" was first mentioned in 1291. At that time, the complex, known as the "robbers' nest", was owned by the aristocratic Scharffenberg family and was destroyed.
Possibly it was the "Schlossberg" near Linau-Oberteich. After the rebuilding here at this point (1308), the Scharffenbergs left the castle in 1345, but recaptured it in 1346 and feuded the land again. Through an alliance of the Duke of Lauenburg, the Counts of Holstein and Schauenburg as well as Hamburg and Lübeck, they were finally expelled in 1349 after three weeks of siege.

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Jan67SH

January 16, 2021

Right now the walls were covered with a plastic sheet. The castle is a bit hidden. As often as I was there, I was always alone.

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JR56

September 23, 2020

The castle complex is on the way to the Billequelle and is now only a ruin. Unfortunately, access had been blocked for a long time due to extensive restoration work and thus also the way to the Billequelle - but now (2023) the way has been free again for a long time.
Previously, apart from the hill and a few large stones, nothing was to be seen of a castle - now an attempt was made to partially reconstruct the round tower of the castle with large field stones. I can't judge whether this was really successful... for an old castle it looks much too bright and too new to me - hopefully it will "age" a little over time.
The only public path leads from the castle to the Billequelle. The way there has now also been well developed.
The paved path that leads past the spring ends in a dead end and leads back over private property, where a yard dog keeps a close watch and barks at "intruders". So you have to walk/drive back past the old castle the same way.
You can find more information about the castle ruins here:

denkmalschutz.de/denkmal/burg-linau.html

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Location: Linau, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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1. Cycle Path Near Trittau – Gut Basthorst loop from Basthorst

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